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Definition of Overskirts
1. overskirt [n] - See also: overskirt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overskirts
Literary usage of Overskirts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"He multiplies inducements and showers novelties upon her ; Yankee notions by the
ton, thin hosiery by the bale, Britannia ware by the carload, overskirts ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"... minute that they then became beautiful ladies, with tall, slender figures,
lovely pink or crimson, satin or velvet, skirts and little green overskirts. ..."
3. Scribners Monthly (1878)
"... lady discussed with the dress-maker the comparative merits of polonaises and
overskirts, fringes and knife- plaiting, and this was the finale : Lady. ..."
4. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"... and trailing their long overskirts before the merchants' windows ; nor the
groups of negroes at the corners, chattering like parroquets. ..."
5. The Days Before by Katherine Anne Porter (1918)
"... noticeably as the several heavy rings on her white hand, shine still with
surprising clearness in my memory. She was slender. She affected overskirts. ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"The days of ill-draped overskirts, doubtful stays, and uncertain hair- dressing;
the days when she had, as she thought, given her heart — and well nigh her ..."
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